title: Spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage from short gastric artery avulsion secondary to forceful retching.
abstract: Spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage can occur in any age group. It is defined as presence of free blood in the peritoneal cavity which can results from a non-traumatic and non-iatrogenic cause. Common causes are visceral, coagulopathy related and vascular. The clinical presentation is usually non-specific; it can vary from mild abdominal pain to a shock status. We report a very rare case of a 17-year-old male patient who presented to our institution with spontaneous intraperitoneal bleeding secondary to avulsion of one of the short gastric artery following forceful retching.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. wf07@aub.edu.lb
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Faraj
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alaeddine
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haydar
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalife
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*